Toby Lewis opened for 2,800 from early position and received calls from David Einhorn and Tom "durrrr" Dwan in the cutoff and button respectively. After both blinds folded, the flop came down and Lewis fired out 7,000.
Einhorn quickly folded, Dwan called and the dealer burned and turned the . Lewis thought for about 20 seconds before betting 16,000 and Dwan took about half as long to release his hand.
Despite losing that pot, Dwan is still well above the starting stack and up there in the counts with Lewis.
We didn't see the exact preflop action but we're pretty sure Alexey Rybin was short already and got his chips in before the flop. Rybin's was up against Chamath Palihapitiya's . The flop would spell doom for Rybin with . The on the turn and on the river couldn't help him out and Rybin is the first we saw leaving the tournament. "Oh boys, daddy has got some fire power!" Palihapitiya laughed.
Kathy Lehne. Photo courtesy of suncoastresources.com.
Thus far just two women have entered the field in Vanessa Selbst and Kathy Lehne. The former, who is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, is a well-known poker pro and needs little introduction. Lehne, on the other hand, may not be a recognizable name among poker fans.
Lehne is actually the founder, President and CEO of SunCoast Resources, which is a petroleum distributor. Lehne founded the company with her savings of $2,000 back in 1985 when she was just 23 years old. Fast forward to 2009 and the company had more than $1.2 billion in revenue, 400 employees and was named No. 12 on 2008's Entrepreneur’s 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Led Companies.
“When I started Sun Coast Resources, I was 23 years-old and decided then and there to jump in with the sharks," Lehne said in an interview with ladieswholaunch.com. "It was a leap of faith, but the way I figured it, what in the world did I have to lose versus the prospect of a very large gain? So with a burning desire to start my own company, I invested $2,000. Once you make the final decision to take the entrepreneurial plunge, commit to it 100%.”
Needless to say, we'll be keeping an eye on both ladies as they try to navigate the male-dominated field.
Joseph Cheong raised it to 2,400 under-the-gun and Rachid Ben Cherif in the small blind was the only caller. Both players checked the flop and Ben Cherif checked again on the on the turn. Cheong made it 3,500 and Ben Cherif made the call. The river brought the to the table and Ben Cherif checked. Cheong bet out 8,500 and was soon faced by a raise. Ben Cherif made it 27,700 and Cheong thought about it for a little while. He then threw in three 25,000 chips, making it 83,500 total. Ben Cherif thought about it for a minute or so, and then decided to call. Cheong showed his and that was enough to make Ben Cherif muck his hand.
With around 17,000 in the pot and a board reading , a player in early position checked and Scott Seiver bet 11,000 from the cutoff. Kyle Julius, who was on the button, then raised to 23,500, the player in early position folded and Seiver made the call. Both players then checked the river.
"Nine high," Seiver said, which prompted Julius to table the winning .
As soon as the hand was over, Scott Clements took a seat to Seiver's immediate right.
The Rio is buzzing with the $111,111 One Drop High Rollers event, and the crew takes a look at some of the big names in the field. They also do a little fantasy draft for the tournament with the Executive Director of the World Series of Poker, Ty Stewart.
Picking up the action in a four-handed pot after a flop, David Benyamine bet 30,000. Only Talal Shakerchi called to see the turn. Benyamine went all in for about 45,000 and Shakerchi called with , drawing to only a ten against Benyamine's .
The river was the , no help to Shakerchi, doubling up Benyamine.
and Lewis fired out 7,000.
. Lewis thought for about 20 seconds before betting 16,000 and Dwan took about half as long to release his hand.
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was up against Chamath Palihapitiya's 
. The flop would spell doom for Rybin with 
. The 
on the turn and 
on the river couldn't help him out and Rybin is the first we saw leaving the tournament. "Oh boys, daddy has got some fire power!" Palihapitiya laughed.
flop and Ben Cherif checked again on the 
on the turn. Cheong made it 3,500 and Ben Cherif made the call. The river brought the 
to the table and Ben Cherif checked. Cheong bet out 8,500 and was soon faced by a raise. Ben Cherif made it 27,700 and Cheong thought about it for a little while. He then threw in three 25,000 chips, making it 83,500 total. Ben Cherif thought about it for a minute or so, and then decided to call. Cheong showed his 
, a player in early position checked and Scott Seiver bet 11,000 from the cutoff. Kyle Julius, who was on the button, then raised to 23,500, the player in early position folded and Seiver made the call. Both players then checked the 
turn. Benyamine went all in for about 45,000 and Shakerchi called with 
, no help to Shakerchi, doubling up Benyamine.
